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Man Nabbed 7 Years After Raping Waterbury Woman While Posing As Cop, Police Say Man Nabbed 7 Years After Raping Waterbury Woman While Posing As Cop, Police Say
Man Nabbed 7 Years After Raping Waterbury Woman While Posing As Cop, Police Say After seven years, a man who allegedly sexually assaulted a woman in Connecticut while posing as a police officer has been caught. Niamkey Amichia, age 33, of Pierce County, Washington, wanted for a New Haven County sexual assault in Waterbury in Nov. 2016, was arrested by the Pierce County Sheriff's Department for an unrelated sexual assault. When police in Washington ran Amichia's DNA profile they got a hit for the Waterbury crime, said Lt. Ryan Bessette of the Waterbury Police. Amichia was extradited to Waterbury on Friday, Dec. 22. He was charged with: Home invasion Sexual assa…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Scammers Target Businesses By Posing As Police In Region Scammers Target Businesses By Posing As Police In Region
Scammers Target Businesses By Posing As Police In Region One Western Massachusetts police department is alerting residents to a new scam that has impacted at least one local business. The Springfield Police Department's Detective Bureau warns local businesses should be aware that scammers are spoofing the department's phone number and impersonating police department personnel seeking money from businesses.  Spoofing is the act of disguising a communication from an unknown source as being from a known, trusted source, the department said.  This most recent scam involves someone impersonating an investigator telling employees that they a…

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by Kathy Reakes